MGEU Member Honoured with Women of Distinction Award

May 07, 2019

The Brandon YWCA
honoured area community leaders at the annual Westman Women of Distinction
awards on May 2nd.

MGEU member Ngaire
Abernethy was the winner of this year’s Social Action & Community Service Award.
With 40 years in social work, her career has included supporting vulnerable
Canadians in Manitoba, the Arctic and Northern Ontario.

Abernethy spent 27
of those years with Prairie Mountain Health working in palliative and mental
health care - living out her passion for social services.

For a decade, Ngaire also served as a court magistrate.

The Women of
Distinction Gala has been held annually since 1985 to honour women of Brandon
and the Westman and Parkland areas.

The awards recognize
women’s individual accomplishments, and honours role models and women who have
made significant contributions to the community.